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Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

Name: Sansho the Bailiff
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Genre: Drama
Released: 1954-03-31
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Ichirō Sugai

Without mercy, man is like a beast.

124 min · Japan · Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi

Drama 1954 movies

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal servitude under the cruel bailiff Sansho.